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in thread print statement changes results!

Both worked. Thank you!

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Re^3: print statement changes results!
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 06, 2011 at 18:09 UTC
    Sounds like some XS code is accessing the string buffer of the scalar whether the scalar holds a string or not. That code should be coercing the value of the scalar into a string if the scalar doesn't contain one.
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